Eva from Spain lives in Barcelona. She notes that people drive slowly in Barcelona and use their cars for everything, never walking. People in Barcelona also work very hard, for long hours and only take short holidays, prioritizing work over family and social life. However, people are nice and helpful. Monica from Argentina lives in Milan. She comments that Milan feels very safe, where you can walk at night and leave things in cars without worry of theft. However, finding locations can be difficult without street names and traffic lights are horizontal and hard to see. People are also shy but become louder and more outgoing when drinking. Kevin from the UK lives in Los Angeles. He observes that appearance and dressing well is

1. The Inside Story

2. Milan - Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo - Montpellier
Barcelona - Nairobi
Berlin- Los Angeles
What countries are
these cities in?

3. The Inside Story
Three people who live abroad talk about their ‘new’ countries.

4. Read the article, analyze the
information and guess where
these people are living.
Choose from the the cities in
the previous exercise.

5. Eva from Spain lives in ___________
Driving: I was surprised
because people drive
really slowly. People use
their cars for
everything. You never
see people walking on
the street.

6. Social life: People don’t go out during the week
because they work very hard. It’s normal to work
twelve hours a day and people usually only have one
or two weeks’ holiday. Work is the most important
thing here, more important than family and social
life.
People: They are really nice here. It’s easy to
talk to them. And in shops the shop assistants are
very helpful. They always say ‘Have a good day!’

7. Eva lives in
___________

8. Mónica from Argentina lives in ___________
Safety: There is almost no crime
here. You can walk safely in the
city late at night. And you can
leave things in your car and
nobody steals them!

9. Driving: People drive carefully, but the big problem
is that there aren’t any street names. It’s impossible
to find where you want to go. Even taxi drivers don’t
know! Also traffic lights are horizontal and they are
difficult to see.
People: They are shy and polite and they speak very
quietly. But when they drink some of them change
completely! Last Friday night I went out with people
from work and we ended up in a karaoke bar. My
boss is usually quite serious but he sang ‘My Way’
very loudly and badly.

10. Monica
lives in _________

11. Kevin from the UK lives in ___________
Clothes: Appearance is very
important. Everybody dresses
well, but especially the men. They
are very elegant and wear very
stylish clothes. It is easy to see
who the British people are here!

12. Food: They love food here and it is fantastic! But
times are changing. Today many people under 35
can’t cook. Supermarkets are full of food now
which you can put in the microwave. When I first
came to live here there weren’t any McDonald’s
but now they are everywhere.
Driving: People here are in love with their cars
and they drive very fast. Even the nicest people
become more aggressive when they drive. They
can sometimes uncarefully.

13. Kevin lives in
_________

14. Read the article again. Find the
adverbs of manner in the text.
Don’t forget the exceptions.

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